Appendix G. Starting and Stopping a DB2 Instance

This appendix describes the necessary steps to stop and start a DB2 instance. There are many ways to stop and start a DB2 instance, but the following steps will guide you to stop a DB2 instance to ensure that any defunct DB2 processes, interprocess communications, and defunct DARI processes have been removed successfully.

Current configuration:

Instance:db2inst1
Database:sample
Server:phantom

  1. Stop the DB2 instance.

    • Check existing applications that are currently connected to the database by logging on to phantom server as DB2 instance owner db2inst1:

      								$ db2 list applications
								Auth Id   Appl. Name   Appl.. Handle   Appl. Id                       DB Name   # of Agents
								------- ---------- ------------- ---------------------------- ------- ...

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